SENATE BUDGET HEARINGS--Thirteen year-old Bryant Smith, of Athens, listens to testimony during a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee concerning the expected $1.25 billion budget shortfall, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 1, 2002. Bryant's mother Connie testifed in favor of a proposed fifty-cents-a-pack increase in the cigarette tax to not only help balance the budget, but to also discourage children from smoking. He's wearing a button that reads "50 ¢ Makes Sense For Kids." (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)